There are times when you might want or actually need to roll up your sleeves and record an on-hold voice greeting of your own. For instance, you may have a really tight deadline and need a message done ASAP to get across to customers before a profess...
Do you need a speakerphone in your conference room? And if so, do you prefer the high-end features of an advanced Polycom speakerphone? You probably answered “yes” to both questions. Most businesses, even small ones, need to conduct teleconferences a...
Long gone are the days when you had to hire people to physically sit in a call center and answer phones. Back then, you had to pay agents whether they were needed or not, along with the costs of renting the physical call center space and other expens...
If you have followed the MightyCall blog for any length of time, you will know by now that we are big on creating a great first impression with the people who call you on your toll-free or local number. This article is for those of you who are sold o...
Everyone’s been put on hold on the line before. Yet, not every company knows very much about these voice recordings that greet customers when they first call in over the phone. How often are people put on hold, for starters? How long do they stay on ...
Updated: 2017.02.01 In this article we cover: why phone interaction is still necessary; advantages of using a virtual phone number for entrepreneurs; how to manage multichannel communication; MightyCall’s options for efficient customer support. Virtu...
First impressions matter. That’s true for the dating scene, and it’s true for when customers call you for the first time. This means that the kind of voicemail greeting that they hear needs to be professional. Do it right, and you gain in...
Meet Mustafa, our Customer Support Rep! For many small businesses, the owner takes care of all the important tasks. From sending out invoices to answering customer queries, he or his small team are in charge of making sure everything clicks into plac...
Are your employees making the most of their downtime? In any business, there are moments between tasks, meetings, or serving customers where your employees have nothing to do. Of course, employees need scheduled breaks during their work shifts. It he...
Communication has vastly changed in the course of human history from smoke signals to carrier pigeons, Morse code to the first invention of the phone in 1876 by Alexander Graham. Since then, technology of the phone itself has changed from the popular...
Don’t have enough confusion in your life? Check out Abbreviations.com’s list of telecom acronyms. On this site, you can browse 2,524 acronyms and abbreviations, from “AA” to “ZUD,” all related in some way to digital telephony. You may even recognize ...
“Now listen, sonny, that’s not how we used to do things in MY day.” Ever been told that before? If so, did it drive you crazy? Especially when the advice being given was relevant during, oh, I don’t know, when the cool technology startups had green s...
Multi-channel communications is a term that’s come into vogue in recent years. Basically, it means that a business uses all the communication channels at its disposal to actively listen to and engage with customers and prospects. The telephone is but...
No matter how small a business might be, it’s important to project a professional appearance to new customers and prospects. For example, an email address from your business domain has more impact than, say, a standard Gmail email address. The ...
In this article, we cover: Environmental risks of having too many cellphones; Why people buy multiple cellphones; How to reduce the demand in mobile phones; How virtual phone number services contribute to reducing pollution; How to dispose of an old ...
Telephone customer service recently received a huge black eye, thanks to an audio recording that went viral. The recording was of a phone conversation between a Comcast customer retention service rep and a customer trying to cancel his account. The g...
A phone extension is a short internal number assigned to an employee, a project team, or a department of your main business number.
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Need a business voicemail script for any occasion or a voicemail greeting you can download here and now? Here is your go-to guide.
